[ale] "easiest" way to clone setup from one machine to another across a network

[cfowler at outpostsentinel.com (Christopher Fowler)]

2nd method.

1.  Install everything on machine #1.
2.  Install drive of second machine in #1.
3.  dd if=/dev/hda of=/dev/hdb
4.  Wait a long time for the dd to complete.





On Sun, 2006-09-10 at 11:43 -0500, Preston Boyington wrote:
> I have two identical machines and I want the same software installed
> on both (initially anyway).
> 
> I was wondering if there was an easier way to do it other than first
> partitioning both, installing on one, taring the directories, and then
> untaring them on the victu--- err "guest" machine.
> 
> I am about to start my own bit of detective work after the install,
> but thought I would get some ideas / experiences from others that
> probably do this more often than I.
> 
> Should it matter, these are Toshiba Satellite A105-s2101 laptops and I
> run Debian on everything because I don't want to expend the energy to
> get used to anything else.  ;-)
> 
> Thanks folks,
> Preston
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